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WITNESSES.

UNITEDi, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. MULLER, oFRRooKLY NEw YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE MI'ILLER AUTOMATIC LIQUID METRE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF sAME PLACE.

MEASURING-VESSEL FOR LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,576, dated December 17, 1889. I Application filed April 6, 1889. Serial No. 306,216. (No model.) Patented in Germany August 16, 1887, No. 45,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. MLTLLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklymin the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Measuring Devices for Liquids, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Germany, dated August 16,1887, No. 45,332,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device which enables a rapid and accurate drawing of a certain quantity of liquid,as set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse sect-ion of a measuring device along line or at, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section along y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail view of an index. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View of a cock.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a feed-pipe for carrying a liquid from a suitable tank to the chamber B, from whence said liquid enters a pipe 0, having a cock D. When this cock is .in the position-shown in Fig. 1, the liquid from pipe 0 passes through the discharge-pipe E into the cup F, and, over-' flowing into the vessel G, said vessel with its sight-glass H are also filled. After filling the vessel G the liquid passes through opening I into chamber K and thence to chamber L, so as to raise the float M and close the valve N, when the further escape of air from the chamber L is prevented and the flow of liquid through feed-pipe Ais therefore stopped.

The chamber K communicates with the sightglass H and the chamber L.

When the vessel G is filled, as seen in Fig. 1, the cock D is moved to the position shown in Fig. 4, thus cutting off the communication between pipes O and E and bringing pipe E into communication with the outlet 0. Liquid from the vessel G then flows out through discharge-pipe E and outlet 0 until the liquid in vessel G has reached the mouth of cup F, when the liquid flows out of cup F until the liquid in the cup has passed the mouth of pipe E in said cup, when the flow being made to pass out through a suitable stuffing-box in the side of vessel G. By providing theshaft of wheel R with an index S, adapted to move over a dial T, the position of cup F can be adjusted so as to draw from the vessel G a given quantity of liquid.

The discharge-pipe E is shown in form of a siphon, the short leg of which enters the cup F and the long leg of which passes to the outlet 0.

. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a measuring-ves sel, of a cup adjustably secured within said vessel, a siphon discharge-pipe communicating with said cup, and an index for showing the adjustment of said cup, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a measuring-vessel having an outlet 0 and a feed-pipe C for said Vessel, of a cup adj ustably secured within said vessel, a discharge-pipe E, communicating with said cup, and a cock for putting the dischargepipe into communication with the feed-pipe and the outlet, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a measuring-vessel having an outlet 0, of a cup adjustably secured within said vessel, and a dischargepipe made in form of a siphon, the shorter leg of which communicates-with said cup and the longer leg of which communicates with the outlet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN P. MULLER.

Witnesses:

WM. L. VAN DERZEE, WILLIAM C. HAU F. 

